Improvement in stove-hearths



S. R. BURTON, J. T. PEET & W. GAVEN.

Stove-Hearth.

No. 213.864. Patented April 1, 1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE,

sTEPHnN It. BURTON, or AVONDALE, AND JOHN T. FEET AND WILLIAM UAVEN, or CINCINNATI, ASSIGNOES To BEDWAY a BURTON, or oIN- OINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN STOVE-HEARTHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,864, dated April 1, 1879; application filed December 30, 1878.

This frame is made no larger than is necessary to support the ashbox and hearth, and, as will be observed, we avoid the necessity o a double hearth, and thus greatly economize metal.

When it is desired to remove the hearth for convenience of shipping or other purposes, it can be done by pushing it in toward the stove until the notch ct passes the end of the frame a, when the hearth can be lifted off.

This makes ameat hearth, and is free from the objections of stove-hearths as ordinarily construct-ed.

In order to remove the ash-pan A it is only necessary to pull the hearth out till the flange strikes against the lug a, when the ash-pan can be lifted out.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we' claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, viz:

1. A stove provided with a hearth constructed in one piece, the downwardly-pro jecting flange of which is provided with a notch, a, which embraces the end of the framr a, permitting the hearth to slide back anC forth, and preventing it from tilting whei pulled out, substantially as and for the pur poses specified.

2. In combination with a stove provide with the frame a, the stove-hearth A, provir' ed with a flange and notch, a, and downwardl:

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STEPHEN E. BURTON, of the village of Avond ale, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, and JOHN T. PEET and WILLIAM OAVEN, of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification The oloject of our invention is to secure economy in material, beauty and ease of construction, and convenience for use in stovehearths.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front of a stove provided with our improved hearth and appendages. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of a sliding hearth. Fig. 3 is a plan view of our hearth-frame and ash-box. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken through the line 90 00, Fig. 3.

In Fig. 1 the hearth A is shown drawn out so as to admit of the removal of the ash-box A. This hearth rests and slides upon a frame, a, which also supports the ash-box A, by means of flanges or projections upon the edges or sides of the latter. The ash-box A is introduced into the ash-pit from above the frame a, and withdrawn in a reverse manner.

On the top of the frame, at the edges, are ways b, upon which the hearth slides. Guides a on the under surface of the hearth proprojecting ridges a substantially as and f( ject downward and beyond each end of the the purposes specified. frame, and in close proximity thereto, and 3. The frame a provided at its edges wi' keep the hearth in position, and serve to dithe ways 11, in combination with the ash-p: wet it while being slid from or toward the A and the hearth, provided with the guid stove. a and notches a, substantially as and for t The hearth is provided with a downwardlypurposes specified. projecting flange, the ends of which are pro- STEPHEN R. BURTON vided with notches a, which en gage and slide JOHN T. FEET. along the ends of the frame a, and prevent WILLIAM OAVEN. the hearth from tilting when it is drawn out. Attest:

The hearth is prevented from being pulled out O. WALTON, J r.,

too far by the lug a on the end of the frame. E. E. HILL. 

